2013-14: Played 16 minutes in his collegiate debut at ASU... Contributed an eye-popping blocked shot of 7-2 Jordan Bachynski dunk attempt and recorded UMBC’s first dunk of the season... Scored a season high 17 points in 26 minutes vs. Mount St. Mary’s on Nov. 17... Tied season-high and shared team-high honors (Plummer) with seven caroms versus Stony Brook on Jan. 20... Earned his first collegiate start versus Hartford on Jan. 25 and hit 3-of-5 shots from the floor... Scored in double figures for the second time last season with 10 points at Binghamton... Recorded 10 points coming off the bench (illness) versus the Bearcats on Feb. 22... Posted double-figure scoring in back-to-back games for the first time when he tallied 11 points at Hartford on March 2.

Background: Played for former Retriever Rod Harrison (1996-99) at Mount Zion Academy in 2012-13… Averaged 25.6 points per game in his prep year, including a 37-point effort vs. Princeton Day Academy… Graduated from Springbrook High School in 2011-12… Competed in the Montgomery County senior all-star game, scoring eight points in the contest… Also was invited to play in the ESBC All-Star contests… Competed at national high school power Montrose Christian Academy during the 2010-11 campaign and the team captured a national title during his junior campaign… Selected UMBC “because of the campus environment”… A relative late-comer to basketball who started playing competitively in high school… Has one older sister and seven younger siblings… Enjoys Chinese food and cooking… Lists favorite professional team as the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers… Son of Aleshia Ford… Born July 4, 1994.